The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
- Directed by
- James Tinling, William A. Wellman
- Genre
- drama film, Western film, revisionist Western
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 432 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two cowboys ride into a dusty town where a local rancher has just been killed. The townspeople quickly form a posse, and when they catch three men who have the stolen cattle, they insist on an immediate hanging. The men must decide whether to follow the mob or stand up for a fair trial.
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What happens
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell. Two cowboys arrive in a Western town, when news arrives that a local rancher has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the two cowboys and cowboys from other ranches, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot. The Ox-Bow Incident and The Outlaw (also produced in 1943) are the earliest films in the AllMovie list of psychological Westerns. The film premiered in May 1943 to positive reviews from critics. It is one of a select group of films to secure its only Oscar nomination in the Best Picture category—it received no other nominations in any other Oscar category. This particular circumstance happened 16 times between 1927 and 1943, but as of 2025 and beyond, the Ox-Bow Incident is the last film whose sole Oscar nomination was in the Best Picture category.A In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was adapted from the 1940 novel of the same name, written by Nevadan Walter Van Tilburg Clark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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